A Voice to America; Or, the Model Republic, Its Glory, Or Its Fall: With A Review of the Causes of the Decline and Failure of the Republics of South AMichigan Publishing, 1855 - 412 páginas This book, "A Voice to America Or, The Model Republic, Its Glory, Or Its Fall," by Thomas Bangs Thorpe, is a replication of a book originally published before 1855. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. |
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... hundred and fifty miles wide , and containing only six towns of any size , three of which had less than ten thousand inhabitants , and none over twenty thousand . It is true that they were an enterprising , industrious , honest ...
... hundred and fifty miles wide , and containing only six towns of any size , three of which had less than ten thousand inhabitants , and none over twenty thousand . It is true that they were an enterprising , industrious , honest ...
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... hundred and seventy millions of dollars in money had been actually spent in the war , and that when money was worth nearly twice as much as it is now , and when the nation was not one - twentieth as rich as at present . The country had ...
... hundred and seventy millions of dollars in money had been actually spent in the war , and that when money was worth nearly twice as much as it is now , and when the nation was not one - twentieth as rich as at present . The country had ...
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... hundred miles longer than the Rhine ; the Hudson is navigated , within the State of New York , a hundred and twenty miles -- à distance greater than the length of the Thames . Nor is this vast expanse in danger of falling apart by its ...
... hundred miles longer than the Rhine ; the Hudson is navigated , within the State of New York , a hundred and twenty miles -- à distance greater than the length of the Thames . Nor is this vast expanse in danger of falling apart by its ...
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... hundred miles of shore on the sides of the great northern lakes . Five thousand miles of supplementary artificial ... hundred and fifty millions of dollars ' worth of real and personal estate ; now we have at least fifteen thousand ...
... hundred miles of shore on the sides of the great northern lakes . Five thousand miles of supplementary artificial ... hundred and fifty millions of dollars ' worth of real and personal estate ; now we have at least fifteen thousand ...
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... hundred thousand dollars ; now , the nation distributes at once forty millions of surplus revenue ; bears four hundred millions of debt without feeling it , and sells the privilege of lending to her at six and ten cents for every dollar ...
... hundred thousand dollars ; now , the nation distributes at once forty millions of surplus revenue ; bears four hundred millions of debt without feeling it , and sells the privilege of lending to her at six and ten cents for every dollar ...
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Página 301 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Página 303 - The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles. You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together ; the independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings and successes.
Página 298 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Página 304 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Página 249 - Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Página 24 - If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.
Página 262 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 23 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Página 24 - ... before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account.
Página 303 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.